Named for early California philanthropist and the mother of newspaper magnate William Randolph Heart, Phoebe Hearst Elementary School appears in 1955 at 1410 Sixtieth Street. The school was built a year earlier, on the one-hundredth anniversary of...

This privately-produced black and white photo postcard circa 1933 features 14 young students from Bret Harte Elementary School dressed in kimonos and those seated holding what appears to be an abacus. Some of the girls sport fancy combs or...

This 1955 photograph captures Marshall Elementary School on 2718 G Street. Built in 1904 for 80,485 dollars, the school - well into the twenty-first century - stood as Sacramento's oldest existing school facility. Due to Field Act non-compliance,...

This 1921 document shows the schools and names involved in that year's graduation ceremonies for the Sacramento City Elementary Schools. At that time, the city could claim 21 different elementary schools with more to come.

This 1928 photograph captures a class of students from Jefferson Elementary School, located at 1615 N Street. The twenty-eight students are posed outside the school with their teacher. Built in 1923, the structure became the central administrative...

This class picture shows students and their teacher posed on the stairs outside of Marshall Elementary School, located at 2700 G Street. In the rear a student holds the American flag. It was dated January 14, 1927.

This class picture shows students and their teacher posed on the stairs outside of Marshall Elementary School (2700 G Street). In the rear a student holds the American flag. The photograph was taken June 2, 1936.

This 1936 photograph reveals the unbridled pleasure of children running between classrooms at Marshall Elementary School, at 2700 G Street. At the time this photograph was taken, the school was offering a kindergarten through ninth-grade...

Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high school...

A group of school boys pose on the steps of H. W. Harkness Elementary School (located at Tenth and P Streets), which was called Capitol Grammar School prior to 1894. Some of the students grew up to be well-known Sacramento citizens.

Thirty-six Sacramento students and one teacher from Bret Harte Elementary School stare into the camera lens for this hand-shot class study in postcard form circa 1932. Named for one of California’s most famous authors, the school opened in 1923 at...